Iraqi Popular Forces voice readiness to help Iran's flood-hit regions

Several Iraqi resistance groups voiced their preparedness to help flood-hit Iranians, and asked that country's people to provide assistance to the affected people in Iran.

The move was initiated by Iraq's Islamic Resistance Movement (al-Nujaba) which was welcomed by various groups across Iraq.

The popular groups announced that Iraq will stand with Iran in a situation where Iranians are facing destructive floods, while recalling Iranian people's assistance to their Iraqi neighbors when they were fighting terrorism.
A number of heads of states, foreign dignitaries and ambassadors have expressed their condolences over the tragic flood and extended their helping hands to the Iranians.

Iranian authorities announced on Saturday that the death toll from flash floods across the country had risen to 42, as more rain showers are expected.

"Totally 42 people have been killed in floods and the resulting accidents," Head of Iran's Forensics Organization Ahmad Shojaei told FNA.

He added that 5 people in Mazandaran province were killed in floods, 2 in North Khorasan, 1 in Mashhad, 1 in Malayer, 1 in Sarpol Zohab, 7 in Golestan, 2 in Kohkilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad, 2 in Lorestan, 19 in Shiraz, 1 in Khuzestan and 1 in Semnan.

The tragedy started in the four Northern provinces of Mazandaran, Golestan, Semnan and North Khorasan on March 20. Thirty provinces of Iran have been hit by severe weather conditions since then.

Over 56,000 people were affected in various cities and rural areas in Golestan and Mazandaran as a result of heavy rainfall that hit the two provinces on March 19 and 20. 

While the nation was shocked by the casualties and magnitude of destructions in the Northern regions of the country, another round of floods hit the country in the Western and Southwestern provinces last Monday.

The most shocking images were relayed from Shiraz, where the Northern opening gate of the city witnessed a tragic pileup of cars swept away by a flash flood.

EA